I’m not going to say that they will split, but… they will split (if they’re still wet right now). From the looks of it, it’s already starting.

I have had a few different types of slices like that at different thicknesses and they all ended up splitting eventually. You might want to read what the turners do to insure that the pieces don’t split. I don’t really need cuts like that so I just chalked them up to experimental pieces and moved on.

As for other ideas, they can be used for inlays, small boxes, serving trays, umm…. can’t think of anything else right now.

I just got off the phone with Woodcraft and was told that I have to slow down the drying as much as possible and to use Anchor Seal and still might not keep them from splitting, Denatured Alcohol won’t work for this problem. As of right now I have them outside under a lean-to stickered he said that was to fast so I have no idea how to slow down the drying.

I like the clock faces idea the others mentioned. As for splitting, of course they’re going to. I’d say let them go ahead and do all the splitting they want, then fill the splits with epoxy or something. Or paint the inside of the splits black and mound them on solid color backgrounds – red or green or blue – so the color will show from behind. That would look wicked awesome cool!

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As far as the 6 round pieces, what bout a couple of 1-by’s (a dark wood like Walnut maybe or similar), runnin vertical with slots cut in em to house these 6 fine “shelves”. No need to do anything to the rounds, except, put a finish on em. Whatever you come up with, it’ll be good. You may want to just set these aside until the “light-bulb” goes off, if ya know what I mean..

When they do split, you may be able to combine a few of them to make whole pieces again that don’t look bad.

Your only other hope is to use PEG (polyethylene glycol) or Pentacryl to stop the cracks. This is a different approach than denatured alcohol. The DA replaces the water and then dries away. PEG saturates the wood to prevent it from shrinking (so it really is never “dry”). You then lock in the PEG with your hard finish and that should keep it from splitting.

If you’re going to save it, you need to do this now. To prevent them from drying too fast, bring them inside and spray a little water on them (do not dunk them in the bathtub or run a faucet over them). Then, go get some PEG and hope it stop them from radial splitting.

I see a multi step shelf….. 3 Outside legs that gradually angle towards the top…..The back leg wider than the outside 2….. The legs will have a dado cut in them to accept each piece…..

I know these will crack some but could you start putting some danish oil on the tops some to lessen the severity of the cracks and moisture loss…. I would only put oil on the top and clear epoxy the cracks when you feel it is safe to do so?